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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Gergis on July 25, 2015, 10:08:04 PM

Title: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 25, 2015, 10:08:04 PM: Been an off month or so but finally got the itch back full force this week and have been cutting a wide array of materials. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/25/3713a85ab541277a49d25f10fdef04a0.jpg)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 25, 2015, 10:09:48 PM: Top row left to right rutilated quartz, unknown agate, botswana bottom row carnelian agate pinolite and tigers eye

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Helene Fielder on July 26, 2015, 05:31:03 AM: You are having fun playing with a variety of rough. What's it like cutting pinolite?
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: MrsWTownsend on July 26, 2015, 04:24:18 PM: Dem is perdy Gergis. Me likey!!! :)
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Bentiron on July 26, 2015, 04:48:54 PM: Nice work all around, really nice!
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 26, 2015, 04:50:52 PM: Quote from: Helene Fielder on July 26, 2015, 05:31:03 AM
You are having fun playing with a variety of rough. What's it like cutting pinolite?
It was so incredibly soft..I ground it down with my super worn out 80grit and when right to the 220 grit with no scratch problems. It has a couple of small voids around the pyrite inclusions that I don't care for also. But it took a decent polish quite easily and was nice to cut something so soft after the hard botswana agate pieces.

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 26, 2015, 04:51:28 PM: Thank you Gina and Benitron! :-)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Asianfire on July 26, 2015, 05:08:10 PM: Will have to try to get me some Pinolite next month. I'm told they use it for road-fill back home. :) :) :)
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Helene Fielder on July 26, 2015, 10:04:56 PM: Thanks Gergis for explaining the stones characteristics and your cutting process so well.
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: vitzitziltecpatl on July 26, 2015, 10:20:27 PM: Nice variety. The Carnelian is a great color.

Could the second one be a Queensland Agate? Reminds me a bit of those... .
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 27, 2015, 12:28:13 AM: Quote from: Helene Fielder on July 26, 2015, 10:04:56 PM
Thanks Gergis for explaining the stones characteristics and your cutting process so well.
You are very welcome. Btw I cant wait to meet you here in a couple weeks :-)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 27, 2015, 12:28:50 AM: Quote from: vitzitziltecpatl on July 26, 2015, 10:20:27 PM
Nice variety. The Carnelian is a great color.

Could the second one be a Queensland Agate? Reminds me a bit of those... .
Frank would know better I'm sure as it came from outta his yard..

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 27, 2015, 12:33:07 AM: Heres some stuff I finished this evening :-) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/27/0d6fc75d6742f37479d33c1b1adbe1c5.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/27/380824d0fba1b431e697c335b7e5b53e.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/27/825f70e2eaf9347ceca82b2cff5c9dbc.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/27/84a5e8dfffc6094a860c9c896048bb61.jpg) a listwanite bead, variolite cab, feldspar cab(this stuff is awesome frank thank you!!!), and a high dome cab of rootbeer travertine from the north cascades.

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: lithicbeads on July 27, 2015, 05:22:11 AM: Yes it is a piece of Queensland agate from Terry Maple. I bought quite a bit from him with the idea that at some point I will make graduated agate pendants from Queensland and Botswana agate which both can have wonderful pastel tones.
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 29, 2015, 06:41:45 PM: Heres a freshly polished batch of new pieces (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/29/e8e09f96186a968722150687cef9d51f.jpg) I sure have been really enjoying a very wide array of materials and hardnesses this past week or so. Definitely got my inspiration back with a vengence after a small lull. Happy cutting folks!! :-)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Kaljaia on July 29, 2015, 08:40:29 PM: Gorgeous colors and shape in all of them. What is the one in the top right corner? That's an awful pretty pattern you've captured.
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 29, 2015, 08:51:26 PM: Quote from: Kaljaia on July 29, 2015, 08:40:29 PM
Gorgeous colors and shape in all of them. What is the one in the top right corner? That's an awful pretty pattern you've captured.
Its gary green jasper/bogwood and thank you! :-)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 30, 2015, 05:07:35 PM: Heres some more right before the end of the month. Including a pendant of birds eye rhyolite a couple of washington thulite pieces and a unfinished cab of lavic agate from goodearth joshua :-) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/30/084f56d934d2591c3ea17ffe03980a65.jpg)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 30, 2015, 05:08:23 PM: (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/30/90e19e66bac26e37b77e643a48a9fdd3.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/30/e400852b526ed5e46108c12a3f91e951.jpg) (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/30/fcdfa5a8031c66db897181b154f47455.jpg)

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Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Helene Fielder on July 30, 2015, 07:43:52 PM: Looking forward to meeting you too Gergis. Frank talks highly of you all the time. What is the long triangular black and red stone on the bottom right?
Title: Re: July workings
Post by: Gergis on July 30, 2015, 08:43:16 PM: Quote from: Helene Fielder on July 30, 2015, 07:43:52 PM
Looking forward to meeting you too Gergis. Frank talks highly of you all the time. What is the long triangular black and red stone on the bottom right?
That is gem dinosaur bone :-)

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